By Barbara Himes Marinakis

Description:

A very simple small print that reminds me of the kind of prints I used to see on holiday in Florida when I was little.

IMPORTANT: I recommend, whenever you buy fabric online, that you buy a swatch first because computer monitors can give a tint to the color that it doesn't have in real life.
Also, please be aware that different fabrics will give you a different level of color saturation. The polyesters, for example, tend to be more vivid than the cottons. Hence a swatch in the fabric you intend to use is a good idea.

joanmclemore says:
If you use Photoshop, you can capture the pattern and then layer it into a file as a new pattern and increase it from 100 to 200 percent to double the size. You can increase it up to 300 or 400 and so on. Of course you have to conclude if it is still looks clean enough and doesn't have any distortions. You just have to factor in what size the original is, and create the blank to accept the doubled size (etc.) version. That might keep ya from having to re-draw. I use that technique to even capture and enlarge parts of a design, even if I'm not going to use the entire design.

Posted over 4 years ago.

tallulahdahling says:
Thank you, Su! Unfortunately, the original drawing of this is in the scale you see here. I could re-draw it at a larger scale - shouldn't be too difficult if I don't require perfect exactness. I might consider that for this one, because I see your point and it wouldn't be too time-consuming to do.

Posted over 4 years ago.

su_g says:
Another lovely design that is clearly meant for summer at the seaside (or to get that summery feeling) - I can just see this on sarongs (but maybe at a larger scale - which I think it would look great in) and shorts and midriff-showing tops, all sorts of clothing really...

Posted over 4 years ago.

tallulahdahling says:
Thank you, Isabella. It's one of my favorites in the collection. It printed up nicely. Strange, though - its companion design, FloridaHoliday_13, which is my personal very favorite, isn't quite up to snuff on the swatch even though I used exactly the same colors. I think I'll print it up on a fat quarter of cotton sateen to see if the whiter background will help the contrast a bit. It only needs a slight boost to be right.

Posted over 5 years ago.

inscribed_here says:
I love this little pattern. The whole collection is gorgeous and fresh in these great colours.